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NetID services take information from the HR or student system and create unified Northwestern credentials (NetIDs) that are then connected with information about each individual. NetIDs are then used as the primary way for people to interact with IT services. Other types of NetIDs can be created as well for specific people, organizations, or IT system purposes.
Blackthorn Events is a Salesforce-native app that Northwestern has configured to work within our implementation of Kindsight’s ascend product. This tool helps manage event registration and reporting by collecting event RSVPs through an online form integrated directly into our CRM. Functionality supports both in-person and online events that require various degrees of complexity.
Copilot is Microsoft’s AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently.
ConnectNU is Northwestern’s online undergraduate advising platform that coordinates scheduling, messaging, and other advising interactions to coordinate student support.
University schools, departments, researchers, or any other member of the University can request a new dedicated virtual server for a variety of uses.
NUFinancials is the centerpiece of the University’s financial management systems. It supports the accounting and budgeting functions that feed the University’s general ledger, and works with related reporting, facilities management, purchasing, sponsored research, financial forecasting, and annual budgeting systems.
NUworkspace offers users a virtual Windows desktop service that provides access to a suite of many software applications to faculty, students, and staff, including access to software packages that may not be readily available on their desktop/laptop computers.
Northwestern has agreements with Amazon Web Services, Google, and Microsoft Azure, to provide discounted cloud hosting options for Northwestern faculty and staff.
Northwestern provides lecture capture services for University schools, departments, and business units provide users with the ability to record and archive lecture videos for live or on-demand viewing from a web browser.
Northwestern University's agreement with Adobe offers the full Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for use by eligible faculty and staff.
The Northwestern Public Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows users with Northwestern NetIDs to access University network resources as if they were directly connected to the Northwestern network.Virtual Private Network (VPN) establishes a "secure tunnel" for your computer on the Northwestern network. It provides strong encryption, enables authenticated access to the Northwestern network from external and untrusted environments, and proxies your network traffic so it appears to originate from within the Northwestern network.
Allows meeting organizers to host audio-only (dial-in) Teams meetings.
Qualtrics is an easy-to-use, web-based tool for creating and conducting full-featured online surveys.
Northwestern offers many ways to help your IT system authenticate or authorize users. This includes Active Directory, LDAP, Single Sign-On (SSO), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Shibboleth, SAML, and others.
CAESAR is Northwestern’s system of record for student data. Students, faculty, advisers, parents, guardians, and staff use CAESAR to manage classes and grades, pay bills, view financial aid, process admissions, and maintain demographic data.
Zoom is available to anyone with a valid Northwestern NetID, and its use is intended for the purpose of conducting University-related activities. To get an account and begin using it immediately, visit the Zoom login page, sign in with your NetID and password, and authenticate using Duo MFA. An account is provisioned automatically upon first login.
The Graduate Student Tracking System (GSTS) allows programs to track graduate student progress and view many elements of graduate student activity in one place.
Canvas offerings support the management and sharing of class materials (e.g., videos, documents, spreadsheets, etc.) and support student assessments, along with facilitating learning through collaboration.
The Northwestern Data Center is the centerpiece of hosting services for shared and specialized research clusters with IT workloads remaining on-campus. To meet the rigorous needs a dedicated team of IT professionals provide quality core data center services for a secure and reliable enterprise-grade data center combined with mission-critical facility management, 24/7 operations monitoring and support, and sustainability.
Quest, Quest Analytics Nodes, Kellogg Linux Cluster (KLC), and Genomics Compute Cluster (GCC).
The SAS System is an integrated suite of software with modularly designed tools for data warehousing, EIS, OLAP, rapid application development, and applied analysis.